I mean, you can treat players differently IF they are a star.
To an extent, yes. Especially irt to a qb. For one, they handle the ball every play. Turnovers will happen...even for the best. I was referring to unforced errors. The best case scenario would have been for Rhule to bench Sims after his second turnover. Even if it was until just until half. Doing so would have not only sent a message to him, but the rest of the team. A message that yes, everyone will be held accountable.
Edit: Also, as an example...we did that once with a kid thar was SUPER athletic. He practiced really well, also. (Not sure, but I assume that to be the case for Sims). Anyway, he had like 4 turnovers in our first game. We were lucky enough to overcome them. Then, he turned it over on a terrible decision on a play we called OVER (pass play). He threw a terrible int on the plus side of something like their 20.
This was after a dropped snap (and something esle...I cant remember because I'm over 50 and old now, lol) on our first possession. We sat him until halftime. He went back in and played pretty well. He didn't necessarily light it up, but the unforced mistakes stopped.
By mid-season, he was ridiculously good, however. I just think he started to realize how important it was to focus on details ....and to protect the ball. I give him a ton of credit for that. He eventually moved to slot the next season and was one of the most mentally tough kids on the team. One of our biggest leaders.
Sims situation is probably different. I am probably totally wrong in thinking that might work to handle him that way. He is a senior, so he probably is what he is. But....I think it is important for Rhule to send a message early on in his tenure, regardless.
By the way, Prime is gonna start to get any kid he wants. Snoop Dog is doing commercials for him, Michael Irvin is on the sidelines.
Yep. I already said this....I totally agree with you.
It is not a huge issue for NU since we won't play them all that often but that CU President might have made an amazing hire.
Again, I totally agree. I think everyone viewed that movie as a high risk/high reward move. Unfortunately, it looks like it is going to come up on the high reward side for a complete shithead fanbase. Go figure.